"Use yer heads! A barnyard goose tastes better 'an a wild one cause it don't use its muscles. The same oughta hold true for a giant's brains!"—Bruenor Battlehammer, explaining his new recipe in response to Drizzt and Wulfgar's expressions of horror and disgust.

"It is undeniably beautiful, do you not agree?" Jarlaxle asked, looking back at the soaring cathedral, with its tall spires, soaring buttresses, and great, colored windows.
"The mask of a god," Entreri replied sourly.
"The mask or the face?" asked the always-surprising Jarlaxle.
Entreri stared hard at his companion, and back at the towering cathedral. "The mask," he said, "or perhaps the illusion, concocted by those who seek to elevate themselves above all others and have not the skills to do so."
Jarlaxle looked at him curiously.
"A man inferior with the blade or with his thoughts can still so elevate himself," Entreri explained curtly, "if he can impart the belief that some god or other speaks through him. It is the greatest deception in all the world, and one embraced by kings and lords, while minor lying thieves on the streets of Calimport and other cities lose their tongues for so attempting to coax the purses of others."
That struck Jarlaxle as the most poignant and revealing insight he had yet pried from the mouth of the elusive Artemis Entreri, a great clue as to who this man truly was.

"Now the horn of Helm Hammerhand shall sound in the Deep... one last time. For glory! For ruin! And for the red dawn! Death! Death! Death! Death! Death! Ride! For Rohan!"—King Théodin in the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

King Théodin's rousing speech before the Rohirrim charge the orcs at the Battle of Pellinor Fields. Théodin, the Rohirrim, Éowen, and Mariadoc all yell Death! together.

Sam: It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end… because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing… this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you… that meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going… because they were holding on to something.

Frodo: What are we holding on to, Sam?

Sam: That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.

"The country of the hills of Mud, the land of Mu, was sacrificed. Being twice upheaved, it suddenly disappeared in one night. At last the surface gave way… and they sank, along with their countries."—chaos, from Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse

From the legend of Mu. chaos refers to this legend as a fairy tale about a land that vanished into the sea one night, long ago. He is relating this story to Old Miltia.

Jr.: "Stop it! This is not what you were born to do!"Albedo: Au contraire. This is the very moment I've been waiting for! Come, Rubedo. Come to my world! Let's have some fun!"Albedo absorbs the power of the Zohar and unleashes U-DO.KOS-MOS: "U-DO…"

Wilhelm: "I see. So this is the Y-Data. But there's a great deal missing."Blue Testament: "But both he and the U-TIC Organization have completely poured through the Realian's main database."Red Testament: "He only went so far as the subconscious."
Wilhelm: "Below even that, in the lowest level of the unconscious domain… Are you saying the answer lies in the Unus Mundus?"
Red Testament: "Most likely."
Wilhelm: "Really? Well, I suppose we'll leave it at that for now. When the path to Lost Jerusalem is opened, KOS-MOS will awaken."Blue Testament: "So, what will you do with him?"
Wilhelm: "I said it was a shame, didn't I?"White Testament appears.
Blue Testament: "There you have it. Good news, huh? Partner."
Wilhelm: "Welcome… weaver of the eternal circle of Zarathustra."This marked the end of the game.